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Screen rules and visiting friends

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Noidea2024 · 01/09/2024 17:25

DS is about to start secondary school. We have a household rule that screen are only used downstairs. Up to now, this hasn't been an issue, but he had a friend over this weekend. And we became aware that they had spent all the time they were upstairs watching things in his friend's phone.

I feel really unsure how to manage this. I sonnt feel I can say friend's can't have their devices upstairs, as they belong to them, but feel the boys lack the def control not to use them. If we allow friends to use devices upstairs though, it is feels wrong to say DS can't have his.

If you have a no screens upstairs/ in bedrooms rule, how do you manage this with friends? tIA

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Gentleness · 01/09/2024 17:36

I'm afraid I say, "My house, my rules," but we only have kids to stay over whose parents I already know well, so I'm not worried about potential offense. I'd mention screen rules & sweets rules to everyone before a sleepover wherever possible, even so.

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